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By Susan Bowers, Ph.D. An elementary-age child read at the World Commission on Environment and Development, Bergen, Norway, 1990 As evidenced by the quote above, children around the world wish for a clean environment. As they mature, children begin to recognize environmental issues, and the role of humans in addressing these concerns. Yet what is…

Compassion is changing before our eyes. A religious concept associated with Jesus and Buddha (known as “the Compassionate One”) is being researched today through brain scans and positive psychology. In positive psychology your aim is to reach a state of well-being. The actions of a compassionate person, being kind and sympathetic, turn out to bring…

80% of the brain has developed by the time a child is 5 years-old and entering Kindergarten. Imagine a child who has been strapped in a chair for the first five years of life and then is asked to get up and run, vs. a child who has been given exercise the whole time. Who…